Papers

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  Case Study: Kao Ho Hospital Development, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

  • Paper by Jerry Ma, jerry.t.ma@dow.com Jason JS Lin, Project Manager

  <p>U-shaped annealed profiled glass, or U channel glass is used in both the interior and exterior glass façade for decades, as it has long and…

  October 11, 2022
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  Managing Constraints

  • Paper by Vincent IP, LEED AP BD+C, vip@nbbj.com

  <p>On a commercial high-rise tower project located in Hong Kong, the design team was challenged to make a facade that would beneficial to tenants…

  March 22, 2020
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  Design of Double Curved Self Spanning Horizontal Laminated Glass

  • Paper by Beres Dowdle, Director

  <p>There is a desire in architecture to design and achieve transparent canopies and glazed rooves that are free from the visual clutter and the…

  January 27, 2020
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  Highly Efficient Façades with Innovative Shading and Light Control

  • Paper by Klaus Reuschle · Robert Matthew Noblett · Michelle Siu-Ching Lee · Roman Schieber

  The Science and Engineering Complex (SEC) on the Allston Campus is the largest new building at Harvard University in recent decades with a footprint

  October 11, 2022
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  Steel As A Curtain Wall Framing Material

  • Paper by Charles Knickerbocker, Curtain Wall Manager

  <p>This paper will explore steel forming methods other than cold drawn or hot rolled processes, and how they allow steel to be utilized as the…

  March 20, 2020
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  Structuring Skin

  • Paper by John Neary,

  <p>Curtain wall is the prevailing type of enclosure on modern buildings because of its economy, its independence from structure that allows…

  March 14, 2018
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  Retroreflective Coating for Window Blinds

  • Paper by Luca Papaiz, Lars Oliver Grobe, Giuseppe De Michele,

  <p>Solar shading devices are required to find a trade-off between conflicting requirements: Protection from excessive solar gains and glare, daylight…

  March 23, 2020

• The Vertical Campus Facade

  • Paper by Mayine Yu, AIA, Principal | Davis Brody Bond / Page Cooper Schilling, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, Principal | KieranTimberlake Jessica Young, RA, Principal

  <p>Case study of the recently opened John A. Paulson Center for New York University in Manhattan reviews design solutions of façade depth and scale…

  September 2, 2024
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  The Double Skin Facade

  • Paper by Lee A. Fithian, AIA, AICP, NCARB, LEED AP,

  <p>The largest source of air pollution in North America is the atmospheric boundary layer of a city caused by its urban canyons with pollutants…

  March 14, 2018
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  The First Triple Certified Facade

  • Paper by Stephen Katz, AIA, LEED AP BD+C

  Johnson Controls (JCI), a leading provider of intelligent building technology solicited the design of a 35,000sm headquarters for its Asia-Pacific

  January 22, 2020

• Evaluating The Environmental Performance Of Stick Curtain Wall Systems

  • Paper by Dima Othman, B.A.Ing., M.Eng., LEED AP Daniel Arztmann, Dipl.-Ing., M.Eng., EFN, FTI Professor for Façade Construction, Technische Hochschule Ostwestfalen Lippe (TH-OWL) Head of Building Physics,

  <p>The construction industry is one of the greatest sources of pollution, where 39% of global energy-related carbon emissions are attributed to…

  October 11, 2022
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  Lithic Revival

  • Paper by Alex Terzich,

  <p>The recently completed Capital One Hall performing arts center located in the Washington DC metro area is defined by a pleated exterior of glass…

  October 11, 2022
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  Targeted Enclosure Consulting

  • Paper by Karl Jones,

  <p>As building enclosure consulting services evolve and mature in markets, the scopes of service that are provided and sought, can become more…

  March 14, 2018